April 2020

Israel had deliberately avoided killing Hezbollah members during a strike on Syria last week, reported the New York Times on Thursday. According to several current and former Israeli and Middle Eastern officials, Israel has…

Authorities closed all entrances to a Palestinian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon on Friday after four more people tested positive for the coronavirus, heightening concerns the virus could further spread among its overcrowded…

Syria’s representative to the UN, Dr Bashar Al-Jaafari, has reiterated the Arab Republic’s right to reclaim the occupied-Golan Heights, adding that regaining it up to the 4 June 1967 line is guaranteed by international law and remains a…

Entering into their 9th year of the war, access to basic humanitarian needs for Syrian civilians, both displaced and local communities continues to be a problem. Fuel for heating, cooking, and transportation is difficult to access and comes…

  In early April, a video of an elderly woman in what looks to be a makeshift isolation ward in Iraq circulated widely on WhatsApp, shared by Iraqi doctors and journalists alarmed by their country’s apparent inability to contain …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Yj-c09AZM A German court has put on trial two Syrian men accused of war crimes for the Syrian state. It is thought to be the world's first trial examining the use of torture under the leadership of…

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads to the Middle East, it also may unlock an unforeseen opportunity for peace-building in Syria. To be sure, the window is narrow and the prospects for lasting peace remain distant. Yet, the virus’s onslaught…

Black pools, long trenches and charred earth have become common sights in the fields of north-west Syria, signs of an informal oil economy that has developed during the war. Despite damaging both the environment and health,…

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